LEADERSHIP
Board of Directors
A group of passionate individuals, committed to providing relief and hope for digestive diseases patients and their families.
Kathryn Karmin Shafer
President
Principal, Shafer Crowe Kueck Architecture + Design
Yekaterina Chudnovsky*
Chairperson
Attorney, Executive
Howard A. Grill*
Vice President of Finance/Treasurer
CFO, The Alter Group
Brad Peterson
Secretary
Exec. Vice Pres., Guaranteed Rate
Mark A. Waldeck
VP of Development
Office President, CRC Group – Chicago
Biana Lanson, MD
VP of Research Grantmaking
Partner, Ear, Nose & Throat Center, LLC
Shelby Katz
VP of Marketing & Communications
Patient & Communications Professional
Eric Berlin*
Partner, Dentons US LLP
Michael Cogan
Founding Partner, Cogan & Power, P.C.
Russell D. Cohen, MD
University of Chicago Medicine
Steven R. Davidson*
Partner, Denton’s
Jeffrey A. Fine
Retired Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Danny Goldberg
President, Emerging Leaders Council
Cook County States Attorney
Kelly Goldberg
Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University and City Colleges
Amy Goldman
Jeff Goldman
Co-Owner, Carol’s Cookies
Peter D. Goldman
President, Reed-Union Corporation
Heidi Henderson
Divisional Program Lead, JP Morgan
Karyn Hurwich
Real Estate Professional
Matthew Lebenson
Director, Live Chat, Inc.
Jeffrey Nathanson, MD
Partner, Comprehensive Gastro. Health
David Peshek
SVP & COO, Belmont Bank
Benjamin S. Riback
Managing Director, William Blair
Jennifer Riback
Owner/Operator, Lice Clinics of America-North Shore
Audrey Rubin
President, Rubin Solutions
* Past President
David A. Rubin
Amy Saivetz
Essay Coach & College Consultant
Sy Taxman
Taxman Corp.
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